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Keith L. Carnes v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 20-3170 · judgment January 3, 2022
Before the decision, about 1.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, an Eighth Circuit decision below, and counsel who has filed here before.
Question presented
Federal law prohibits the possession of a firearm or ammunition by any person who is “an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance.” 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) (emphasis added). The question presented is: Whether the government, to establish that the defendant is an “unlawful user” of a controlled substance, must show the defendant’s regular or habitual drug use, or instead may establish that element based on a single incident of drug use on the day of arrest. (I)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Allon Kedem
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage
Linked docket
21A596
Order
Order list, October 31, 2022 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 31 2022Petition DENIED.
- Oct 12 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/28/2022.
- Oct 11 2022Reply of petitioner Keith Carnes filed. (Distributed)
- Sep 26 2022Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
- Aug 25 2022Brief amicus curiae of Drug Policy Alliance filed.
- Aug 25 2022Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
- Aug 18 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 26, 2022.
- Aug 17 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 25, 2022 to September 26, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jul 22 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 25, 2022)
- Apr 12 2022Application (21A596) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until July 22, 2022.
- Apr 07 2022Application (21A596) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 24, 2022 to July 22, 2022, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.